Things haven’t worked out quite as well as
everyone thought they would for the Lakers this season.
After bringing in Dwight Howard and Steve Nash in the offseason,
the team was slow to start the season, which ended up costing
head coach Mike Brown his job. Nash meanwhile is out
indefinitely with a non-displace leg fracture, which means Kobe
Bryant has picked up the slack in Nash’s prolonged absence.

Something else Kobe has done is given Nash a new nickname, and
it’s one that’s not only tremendous, it’s quite appropriate too,
in an F. Scott Fitzgerald, roaring twenties kind of way.

“I’m not working too hard, to be honest with you. The shots
that I made were all jumpers. It doesn’t take much energy to
knock those jumpers down,” he said. “Bringing the ball up and
having me kind of initiate the offense and score and stuff like
that, it’s making me work a little more than I will when
Gatsby gets back.

“When Gatsby gets back, I don’t have to do
that. The game’s going to become even more easy for me.”

And there you have it. Steve Nash will forever be known as
Gatsby, thanks to Kobe Bryant. Plus the nickname totally
fits, especially when you look at recent pictures of Nash in all
his dapperness…